pushshift/api
Pushshift API observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3303
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1245
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1433 stars · 114 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pushshift is a RESTful API service for searching Reddit's historical comments and submissions, backed by Elasticsearch and full data archives. It supports keyword search, filtering, and aggregations over Reddit data returned as JSON.
Use cases
- search reddit comments by keyword
- query historical reddit submissions
- analyze reddit data for research
- aggregate reddit comment statistics
- find posts mentioning a term on reddit
- export reddit data for datasets
When to choose
- you need historical Reddit data beyond the official API limits
- you want aggregations and filtered search over Reddit archives
- you're building research or analytics on Reddit content
When to avoid
- you need real-time Reddit streaming data
- you require a supported SLA-backed API
- you only need the official Reddit API's current features
Facets
service · maturity maintenance
search-engine api-framework web-scraping social-media data-science apis python cloud reddit elasticsearch rest-api social-media-data archives search web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/pushshift/api · fetched 2026-08-28 · bf4ba85188e5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pushshift/api | main | 32 |
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